A death row inmate was unable to convince a federal appeals court that Texas’ post-conviction DNA-testing procedures violate his right to due process on Thursday.

The Supreme Court previously heard another Texas death row inmate’s case in February, as Ruben Gutierrez seeks to be able to sue prosecutors to test DNA on evidence he says will prove his innocence.

The Houston Forensic Science Center disclosed the intermittent problems it and other labs were having at an April 11 meeting ...

The Supreme Court previously heard another Texas death row inmate’s case in February, as Ruben Guiterrez seeks to be able to sue prosecutors to test DNA on evidence he says will prove his innocence.

PAUL FLAHIVE, BYLINE: The Houston Forensic Science Center is reviewing hundreds of cases after it detected problems with Qiagen EZ1&2 Investigator DNA test ... KESSLER: Texas is a death penalty ...

Faulty DNA tests being used in criminal cases in Texas could impact about 700 cases. Under some circumstances, these tests were incorrectly coming back as insufficient DNA to test.

The Supreme Court previously heard another Texas death row inmate's case in February, as Ruben Gutierrez seeks to be able to sue prosecutors to test DNA on evidence he says will prove his innocence.